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1510. Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

BACKGROUND: Based on large population-based studies, the risk of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) after surgical aortic valve replacement is 0.57% per person year. There is no causal link from asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) to PVE; however, antibiotics are often prescribed in an abundance of caut...

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Autores principales: Clay, Alexandra, Beaulac, Kirthana R, Vazquez, Gabriela M Andujar, Doron, Shira, Snydman, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253733/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1339